Button apparatus for clothing

ABSTRACT

A button apparatus for clothing, including a plate for constituting a button, a needle including a wide end and a tip for sewing the plate to the clothing, and a string, a first end thereof being fixed to the plate, and a second end thereof being fixed to the wide end of the needle.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/975,771 filed Feb. 13, 2020, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to the field of buttons for clothes.

BACKGROUND

Sewing a button to clothing is a complicated procedure.

There is a long felt need to provide a solution to the above-mentioned and other problems of the prior art.

SUMMARY

A button apparatus for clothing, including a plate, a needle, and a string.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments, features, and aspects of the invention are described herein in conjunction with the following drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side view of a button apparatus for clothing according to one embodiment of the invention, at the first step of use.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is the front view of the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 depicts the second step of using the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 depicts the third step of using the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is the side view at the fourth step of using the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. 5 after the fourth step.

FIG. 8 is the front view of FIG. 6 at the fifth step.

FIG. 9 is a side view of FIG. 6 at the sixth step.

FIG. 10 depicts the seventh step.

FIG. 11 depicts the plate attached to the clothing.

The drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The invention will be understood from the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, which are meant to be descriptive and not limiting. For the sake of brevity, some well-known features are not described in detail.

The reference numbers have been used to point out elements in the embodiments described and illustrated herein, in order to facilitate the understanding of the invention. They are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting. Also, the foregoing embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated in conjunction with systems and methods thereof, which are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a button apparatus for clothing according to one embodiment of the invention, at the first step of use.

A button apparatus 10 according to one embodiment, includes a plate 12, intended to constitute a button; a needle 26; and a string 22, whose first end 52A is fixed to plate 12 whose second end 52B is fixed to needle 26.

At the first step, the user disposes needle 26 near clothing 44.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

Plate 12 includes a hole 38.

FIG. 3 is the front view of the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

Hole 38 includes a narrowing towards a slit 42.

FIG. 4 depicts the second step of using the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

At the second step, the user threads needle 26 together with string 22 through a point 50A of clothing 44.

FIG. 5 depicts the third step of using the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

At the third step, the user threads needle 26 together with string 22 back through a point 50B of clothing 44.

FIG. 6 is the side view at the fourth step of using the button apparatus of FIG. 1.

At the fourth step, the user threads needle 26 together with string 22 through hole 38 of plate 12.

String 22 preferably is soft and strong, and configured to be threaded easily through all types of clothing buttons.

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. 5 after the fourth step.

Slit 42 includes a plurality of one-way directed teeth 45.

FIG. 8 is the front view of FIG. 6 at the fifth step.

At the fifth step, the user further pulls needle 26, thus tensing string 22 and inserting it into and along slit 42 through one-way directed teeth 45.

Slit 42 functions as a string snapping element 64 and is an element thereof, as slit 42 snaps string 22 at the tensed state. String snapping element 64 further includes one-way directed teeth 45, accompanying the snapping.

FIG. 9 is a side view of FIG. 6 at the sixth step.

At the sixth step, the user cuts string 22 and puts string 22 and needle 26 into the garbage 51.

FIG. 10 depicts the seventh step.

At the seventh step, the user may snap a cover 30 including snapping elements 33 to plate 12. Cover 30 may include a protrusion 31, for pressing string snapping element 64 of plate 12 together with pressing mid-portion 52C of string 22, thereby to strengthen the snapping of mid-portion 52C of string 22, and to further hide the tail 52D of string 22.

FIG. 11 depicts the plate attached to the clothing.

Cover 30 may include an ornamental design 53.

Thus, in one aspect, the invention is directed to a button apparatus (10) for clothing (34), including:

-   -   a plate (12), for constituting a button;     -   a needle (26), including a wide end (27A) and a tip (27B), for         sewing the plate (12) to the clothing (34); and     -   a string (22), a first end (52A) thereof being fixed to the         plate (12), and a second end (52B) thereof being fixed to the         wide end (27A) of the needle (26).

The plate (12) may include a string snapping element (64), for snapping a mid-portion (52C) of the string (22).

The string snapping element (64) may be configured to snap the string (22) upon threading the needle (26) through the snapping element (64) together with the string (22).

The string snapping element (64) may constitute a slit (42) disposed within the plate (12).

The string snapping element (64) may include one-way directed teeth (45), for tensing the string (22), and for maintaining the tensing by the string (22) snapping.

The string snapping element (64) may include a hole (38) disposed within the plate (12) and including a zone (62) narrowing from the hole (38) towards a slit (42).

The button apparatus (10) may further include:

-   -   a cover (30) including at least one snapping element (33), for         snapping thereof to the plate (12) for covering thereof,

thereby the cover (30) covers a portion (52C) of the string (22).

The cover (30) may include a protrusion (31), configured to press the string (22) and the plate (12) upon snapping the cover (30) to the plate (12),

thereby connecting the string (22) to the plate (22).

In the figures and/or description herein, the following reference numerals (Reference Signs List) have been mentioned:

-   -   numeral 10 denotes the button apparatus according to one         embodiment of the invention;     -   12: plate being the button;     -   18A,18B: rings for fixing end 52A of string 22;     -   22: string;     -   26: needle;     -   27A: wide end of needle 26;     -   27B: tip of needle 26;     -   30: cover;     -   31: protrusion;     -   33: snapping element of cover 30;     -   38: hole;     -   42: slit;     -   44: clothing;     -   45: one-way teeth directed along plate 12 towards slit 42;     -   50A,50B: points of clothing 44 into which needle 26 is threaded;     -   51: garbage;     -   52A: zone of string 22 fixed to plate 12;     -   52B: zone of string 22 fixed to needle 26;     -   52C: mid-portion of string 22 snapped by string snapping element         64;     -   52D: tail of string 52D;     -   53: ornamental design of cover 30;     -   62: narrowing zone;     -   64: string snapping element;

The foregoing description and illustrations of the embodiments of the invention have been presented for the purpose of illustration, and are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the above description in any form.

Any term that has been defined above and used in the claims, should be interpreted according to this definition.

The reference numbers in the claims are not a part of the claims, but rather used for facilitating the reading thereof. These reference numbers should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any form. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A button apparatus for clothing, comprising: a plate, for comprising a button; a needle, comprising a wide end and a tip, for sewing said plate to said clothing; and a string, a first end thereof being fixed to said plate, and a second end thereof being fixed to said wide end of said needle.
 2. The button apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plate comprises a string snapping element, for snapping a mid-portion of said string.
 3. The button apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said string snapping element is configured to snap said string upon threading said needle through said string snapping element together with said string.
 4. The button apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said string snapping element comprises a slit disposed within said plate.
 5. The button apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said string snapping element comprises one-way directed teeth, for tensing said string, and for maintaining said tensing by said string snapping.
 6. The button apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said string snapping element comprises a hole disposed within said plate and comprising a zone narrowing from said hole towards a slit.
 7. The button apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a cover comprising at least one snapping element, for snapping thereof to said plate for covering thereof, thereby said cover covers a portion of said string.
 8. The button apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said cover comprises a protrusion configured to press the string and the plate upon snapping the cover to the plate, thereby connecting the string to the plate. 